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Gray Vs. Mississippi

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  • US Supreme Court
  • May 18, 1987

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  1. Lockhart Vs. Mccree US Supreme Court · May 05, 1986
  2. Wainwright Vs. Witt US Supreme Court · Jan 21, 1985
  3. Witherspoon Vs. Illinois US Supreme Court · Jun 03, 1968
  4. SwaIn Vs. Alabama US Supreme Court · Mar 08, 1965
  5. U.S. 648 (1987) U.S. Supreme Court Gray v. Mississippi
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  6. U.S. 648 (1987) Gray v. Mississippi
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  7. U.S. 648 Certiorari to the Supreme Court of Mississippi Syllabus Under Witherspoon V. Illinois
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  8. opposition to the death penalty would prevent or substantially impair the performance of their duties as jurors. Davis v. Georgia
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  9. III-B-2, in which JUSTICE BRENNAN, JUSTICE MARSHALL, and JUSTICE STEVENS join. More than 10 years ago, in Davis v. Georgia
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  10. on certiorari summarily reversed a judgment of a state court and ruled that, when a trial court misapplies Witherspoon v. Illinois
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  11. in part by the trial court's failure to follow the voir dire guidelines for capital cases set forth in Armstrong v. State
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  12. challenge. Id. at 424. In the dissent's view, the majority's reasoning was invalid because, under Davis v. Georgia
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  13. S. 522 , n. 21. We have reexamined the Witherspoon rule on several occasions, one of them being Wainwright v. Witt
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  14. Id. at 469 U. S. 424 , quoting Adams v. Texas
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  15. We did not have occasion to revisit the Witherspoon issue during the period between the decision in Furman v. Georgia
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  16. U. S. 238 (1972), and Branch v. Texas
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  17. decided with Furman, where Georgia and Texas death sentences were invalidated, and the decisions in Gregg v. Georgia
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  18. guaranteed by the Sixth and Fourteenth Amendments. Peremptory challenges are not of constitutional origin. See Batson v. Kentucky
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  19. Stilson v. United
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  20. emphasis in original). Moore v. Estelle
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  21. The judgment of the Supreme Court of Georgia that was reversed in Davis rested on a similar analysis. See Davis v. State
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  22. S. 123 . The State nevertheless urges us to apply the constitutional harmless error analysis formulated in Chapman v. California
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  23. U. S. 18 (1967), and affirm petitioner's death sentence. In Davis v. State
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  24. Ga. at 809, 225 S.E.2d at 244, quoting Witherspoon v. Illinois
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  25. Because the Witherspoon-Witt standard is rooted in the constitutional right to an impartial jury, Wainwright v. Witt
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  26. be it judge or jury, is such a right. Id. at 386 U. S. 23 , n. 8, citing, among other cases, Tumey v. Ohio
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  27. U.S. at 391 U. S. 521 , quoting Fay v. New
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  28. does not have the same precedential effect as does a case decided upon full briefing and argument. See, e.g., Edelman v. Jordan
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  29. can be exercised without articulating reasons, id. at 145-147, subject to constitutional limitations. See Batson v. Kentucky
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  30. Although the prosecutor at Gray's trial did not refer expressly to this Court's decision in Witherspoon v. Illinois
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  31. the Court twice reaffirmed its holding in brief opinions demonstrating its correct application. See Boulden v. Holman
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  32. U. S. 478 , 394 U. S. 481 -484 (1969), and Maxwell v. Bishop
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  33. had recognized, however, the full import of the constitutional mandate expressed in Witherspoon. In Marion v. Beto
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  34. penalty. In re Anderson, 69 Cal.2d 613, 618-620, 447 P.2d 117, 121-122 (1968), cert. denied sub nom. Anderson v. California
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  35. where, as here, the trial court's findings are dependent on an apparent misapplication of federal law, Rogers v. Richmond
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  36. So.2d at 421, quoting Armstrong v. State
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  37. In People v. Bernette
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  38. This Court summarily reversed the Illinois Supreme Court's judgment. 403 U.S. 947 (1971). See also Wigglesworth v. Ohio
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  39. Other opinions expressly rejecting the unexercised peremptory argument are numerous. In Moore v. Estelle
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  40. Hance v. Zant
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  41. Blankenship v. State
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  42. Grijalva v. State
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  43. In State v. Adams
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  44. Id. at 680-681, 458 P.2d at 576. This Court summarily reversed. 403 U.S. 947 (1971). See also Wigglesworth v. Ohio
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  45. U.S. 947 (1971), rev'g 18 Ohio St.2d 171, 248 N.E.2d 607 (1969), and Harris v. Texas
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  46. Under our recent decision in Batson v. Kentucky
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  47. Campbell L.Rev. 71 (1986). JUSTICE POWELL, concurring in part and concurring in the judgment. In Davis v. Georgia
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  48. voir dire questioning, finally stated explicitly that she would carry out her duty as a juror. Cf. Wainwright v. Witt
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  49. quoting Adams v. Texas
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  50. U.S. Supreme Court Gray v. Mississippi
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